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My Hero Academia teaches us that anyone can be a hero. But what about the other side?

Todoroki Kirai and Chunami Aoi are from different yet scarily similar backgrounds. Both lives filled with misfortune.

What happens when one in pushed into a role she doesn't wish for while the other witnesses something she shouldn't have?

Will their lives finally turn around? Or will they learn the hard way that the universe is cruel?

Posted on AO3 under the same username and title.